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Sometimes I look at life and I think “really?” I have these fantasies and ideas of what it is that I want to achieve and then I go after them. I pursue the fantasy. Example? OK, when I was 16 I told myself I wanted to be on a 1-hour series that would take me through the better part of my 20’s. I wanted something stable and consistent while I was young, working long hours and building up a profile I could use to spring board my life. Not so big that I lost my ability to make mistakes without the whole world noticing, but big enough I would feel a certain level of accomplishment.

Two years later, hello Smallville. Now I am here on the show I asked for and while it is nothing like the life I predicted, I love it.

So where am I gonna go next? And maybe this time I will actually pay attention to the ride and process.
That way I will really see my potency in my life as well as my capacity to build that which I would like.
New York City? A women’s movement? A film company comprised of compassionate, ethical humanitarians interested in moving themselves and the world through an evolution utilizing the ancient art of story telling? Building community? Having strong, honest, joyful and balanced relationships?

It all sounds wonderful to me.
xo
a

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So I start directing my episode of Smallville in exactly 87 days and I must say that I am in a bit of a panic.

Not as bad as I was last year, I feel a little more confident in myself and my ability. But still, there is a general sense of “HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING” going on here. So I have decided to make yet another public commitment!
I am going to utilize the fantastic support of this community to hold me accountable to doing my directing homework. Everyday I am going to do one thing that helps me understand something new about directing and I will post what that thing is on this site. So if you wanna follow along on my virtual hike to become a more skilled leader, you can check in with me while I check in with you and see what in the world I am doing to become better at this job I have taken on!
If you wanna learn alongside me, please feel free and comment as much as you like on the Directing Countdown Forum Section. All you will need are some scripts to work with and a few books, and then from time to time an actual project to film and share!
Check out Script-o-rama to get your hands on whatever scripts you wanna work on!
Click here to check out day 1!

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